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Post by ooT on Apr 9, 2008 13:57:06 GMT -5
I watched the clips on the link. Question for those familiar with Australian schools... Are students allowed to use such foul language - even in classes and speeches? It's very STRONGLY discouraged here. I'm not saying it never happens in heated moments, but what I saw in the clips was WAY over the top.
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Post by gloryintruth on Apr 9, 2008 18:08:30 GMT -5
Profanity of that level is common place in schools. It is discouraged in the classroom, but because it such a minor infraction compared to other things, it often results only in a "good talking to". It's more difficult with Indigenous kids from dyfunctional backgrounds whose chief form of dialect is profanity.
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Post by landdownunder on Apr 9, 2008 18:17:59 GMT -5
I watched the clips on the link. Question for those familiar with Australian schools... Are students allowed to use such foul language - even in classes and speeches? It's very STRONGLY discouraged here. I'm not saying it never happens in heated moments, but what I saw in the clips was WAY over the top. G'day ooT, there is a huge cultural divide between Australia and the US. This despite the big diet of American movies, fast-food chains and all other cultural exports of the US of A. We do have big European and more recently Asian influence down here, and we're the better for the mix, imo. Better food choices for one thing Oz life tends to be relaxed about a lot of things our US bro's get twisted in knots over. Language is one. When Jonah (from a Pacific Is culture, Samoa maybe) says "puck you miss" he's actually showing in Jonah's way his affection (plus his humour). Take it the right way and you've won a spirited kid who needs all the friends and encouragement and life-skills training that he can get. Get offended at what is definitely not in Jonah's world meant as offence and you've alienated Jonah even more. Missed opportunity. That said, I understand Glory in Christ's impossible situation with '800 Jonah's' all probably under peer pressure to destroy their teachers. Very difficult. The area where Oz culture is going downhill fast is not in strong language (altho our cricket team has cultivated an obnoxious habit of sledging mercilessly opponents) but in becoming an over-controlling nanny-state. Even children's cough medicine is going on prescription this morning, because we can't trust parents to make the correct decisions for their kids in terms of medication. Control everything to the nth degree. I blame the lawyers, and politicians for jumping to their tune. This is a fun place even with some colourful language, but they're trying to squeeze the fun out of it.
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